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Replying to: bpeebles (Oct 18, 2009 11:04 am) |
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Replying to: bpeebles (Oct 18, 2009 11:04 am) In the aviation application (R-22 helicopter, for example) that is exactly what is recommended when the ship is not being used in winter. Start and run it once per week for a few minutes. |
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Replying to: jogousa (Oct 18, 2009 12:15 pm) A diesel engine is going to act the same way as far as condensation building up in the crank case. |
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Replying to: british_rover (Oct 18, 2009 12:50 pm)
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Replying to: british_rover (Oct 18, 2009 12:50 pm) Good advice though...never had that problem and in my opinion it's always better to drive it at least once a week for a while if there is someone to do it. Main issue would be a battery drain because many newer cars have all kinds of things (e.g. alarm ) running and possibly draining the battery when the car is just parked and not used. By the way, R-22 doesn't have a turbine motor (none of the Robinsons do) it just a plain 6 cylinder aviation engine. |
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Replying to: jogousa (Oct 18, 2009 12:15 pm) I cannot let such innaccuraces go by.... the H2O (water droplets) seen from exhaust is mostly a by-product of combustion. A cold catalytic converter cannot perform its job so it does not come into play until engine is fully warmed up. At that point... all H2O is in the form of steam. Reminder: Combustion is the combining of anything with Oxygen... (in this case Hydrogen) resulting in H2O. When your engine combustion-chamber runs too hot... even the Nitrogen in air combusts with the Oxygen... this is called NOx (nitrates of oxygen). The reason engines have a EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) system is specifically to reduce NOx Even a simple CANDLE produces H2O... just hold a butterknife over the flame for a few seconds and you will see H2O condensation on it. A catalytic converter is mainly intended for Oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. (2CO + O2 → 2CO2) also Oxidation of unburnt hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide and water (CxH2x+2 + 2xO2 → xCO2 + 2xH2O) Besides... the VW TDI has a catalyst in the exhaust just like a gasser engine.... so your assertion is incorrect from the get-go 8-)
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Replying to: bpeebles (Oct 20, 2009 5:14 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 21, 2009 8:16 am) |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 18, 2009 2:14 pm)
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Replying to: shrifty (Oct 21, 2009 5:27 pm) |
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